Werder Bremen suffered their second defeat in the league on the fifth match day of the season. And it was a very clear defeat!! The Green-Whites suffered a 3:0 (3:0) bruising at the hands of Borussia Dortmund.
Werder Bremen suffered their second defeat in the league on the fifth match day of the season. And it was a very clear defeat!! The Green-Whites suffered a 3:0 (3:0) bruising at the hands of Borussia Dortmund.
Werder Bremen suffered their second defeat in the league on the fifth match day of the season. And it was a very clear defeat!! The Green-Whites suffered a 3:0 (3:0) bruising at the hands of Borussia Dortmund. In particular in the first half, Werder looked all at sea and made scoring look easy for the home side. Mladen Petric (22’, 33’) and Diego Klimowicz (29’) decided the game in an explosive eleven minute period. The visitors raised their game after the break but could not find a way past a stable Dortmund defence. To add insult to injury, Leon Andreasen saw red in the 80th minute.
After a two week break in the Bundesliga for international games, trainer Thomas Schaaf kept his faith in the same eleven which beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1. After a high tempo start, the hosts from Dortmund created the first chance of the game. From a Giovanni Federico corner, Mladen Petric rose completely unchallenged to head goalwards but, fortunately for Werder, the effort was no challenge for Tim Wiese to deal with. The scene was the start of a very strong period for the home side who increasingly gained the upper hand whilst Bremen increasingly looked disorganised and lacking the necessary concentration.
The counter-attacking goals eleven minutes
Again and again, Dortmund caught Werder wanting with pacy counter attacking breaks from the back. In the 21st minute, Diego Klimowicz had the ball in the net for the first time but had his goal ruled out for off-side. Just a minute later the ball was in the back of the Werder net again – and this time legally. The Green-Whites were again steam-rolled by a BVB counter attack. Dede sent Jakub Blaszczykowski who drove the ball across the box and found Petric looming at the back post to tap the ball over the line.
Werder had barely recovered from the set back – although Diego did come close with a free-kick – before Tim Wiese found himself digging the ball out of his net again. And again it was a BVB counter that caused the damage. Blasczckowski fed Klimowicz and the Argentine striker left Wiese no chance as he placed the ball into the far corner (29’). A further combination between the impressive Dede and Petric floored Werder. The Brazilian picked out his Croatian colleague and Perticslotted home to score his second of the night.
Diego out in the break
3:0 down with just 33 minutes played. How would the Green-Whites deal with the situation? Not at all as it would prove! Diego was the only Werder player who looked at all like being creative in a very physical tie. The Brazilan though was provided with almost zero support from his fellow midfielders and whilst Sanogo and Almeida looked immobile up front, the defence looked shaky at best. After the break it was ironically Diego who didn’t reappear – the midfield playmaker had already picked up a yellow and was in danger of receiving a second. He was replaced by Leon Andreasen.
Dortmund in the driving seat
Werder were not about to lie down and take their beating, even without their focal point in the centre. Boubacar Sanogo could have reduced the deficit just after the re-start but took too long to get his shot away and allowed BVB keeper Marc Ziegler to save. The Green-Whites were at least moving forward but were faced by a Dortmund side happy to contain the visitors and rest on their comfortable lead.
The plan was working and Ziegler was only tested by a couple of strikes from distance by Daniel Jensen (55’, 70’). BVB allowed little more through and were happy to hit on the break in search of extending their lead. To rub salt into the Bremen wounds, Leon Andreasen was given his marching orders after an off-the-ball foul on Marc-André Kruska. It was the negative highlight of a tough battle for Thomas Schaaf’s men. In truth there could have been more red cards with a number of very hefty tackles going un-checked.
Johnnie Muldoon
Borussia Dortmund - Werder Bremen 3:0
Borussia Dortmund: Ziegler - Degen, Brzenska, Wörns, Dede (63. Kruska) - Tinga, Blaszczykowski, Kringe (83. Amedick), Federico (73. Buckley) - Klimowicz, Petric
Werder Bremen: Wiese - Pasanen (64. Boenisch), Mertesacker, Naldo, Tosic - Baumann - Jensen, Vranjes - Diego (46. Andreasen) - Sanogo, Almeida (72. Rosenberg); on the bench: Vander, Owomoyela, Niemeyer, Schindler
Goals: 1:0 (22.) Petric, 2:0 (29.) Klimowicz, 3:0 (33.) Petric
Referee: Sippel (Munich)
Attendance: Signal-Iduna-Park: 79.030
Yellow cards: Klimowicz, Blaszczykowski – Diego, Sanogo, Tosic, Almeida
Red card: Andreasen (80., Tätlichkeit)
